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VALLEJO >> Give the Chico State women’s golf team some decent weather conditions to play in, and more often than not the Wildcats will put up the type of impressive numbers they registered Monday at the East Bay Tim Tierney Pioneer Shooto...

The Glenn Golf and Country Club, a public nine-hole course west of I-5 between Willows and Orland on Bayliss-Blue Gum Road 39, has been making some major improvements to the golf course and the clubhouse. The improvements are being accomplished withou...

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Chico >> After 19 years as a major league outfielder and 20 more as a manager, Friday night marked a new chapter in Dusty Baker’s baseball career. Baker was the featured speaker at Chico American Legion Baseball’s 18th annual Spring Fever dinner and fundraiser at Manzanita Place in Chico. Around 550 people were in attendance to show their support of the American Legion program and to see Baker, a two-time All-Star with 242 career home runs as a player and a...

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Chico >> Thunderstorm clouds hovered in the skies above Nettleton Stadium on Friday afternoon. But the only storm that took place was a flurry of hits and runs off the bats of the Sonoma State Seawolves, who swept a baseball doubleheader against Chico State. The losses were the first in conference play for Chico State this year after a 4-0 start. The Wildcats were coming off a walk-off win Thursday against Sonoma State at Nettleton Stadium. But Friday gave way to different...

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The Chico State baseball team almost had its 2015 home opener spoiled Friday by rival Sonoma State. But Andrew Carrillo wouldn’t let that happen. Carrillo’s bases-loaded single plated Connor Huesers with two down in the ninth inning, completing a two-run rally as the Wildcats walked off to beat Sonoma State 3-2 at Nettleton Stadium. Luke Barker started on the mound for Chico State (5-2, 4-0 California Collegiate Athletic Association), scattering nine hits...

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It took 40 years for someone to win four Northern Section Masters Wrestling Championships before Chico High’s Fabian Sandoval did just that, capping his senior season in 1998 the same way he did his other three years. Then Willows’ Brian Alves matched Sandoval, winning titles from 2003-06. That was it, the entire list of those who won a section title as a freshman, as a sophomore, as a junior, as a senior. That should change Saturday as Paradise High’s...

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Chico >> Before the season wraps up for the Chico and Pleasant Valley ski and snowboard teams, 25 athletes between the two schools will be heading to Mammoth Mountain March 1-5 to compete in the California Nevada Interscholastic Ski and Snowboard Federation State Championship. PV will be sending eight snowboarders and two skiers, while Chico will be sending eight skiers and seven snowboarders. “It’s the grand dessert and the grand finale to the...

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Thursday saw the salmon informational meeting in Santa Rosa publish the annual salmon forecast. According to Kirsten Macintyre of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the forecast suggests that there are 652,000 adult Sacramento River fall Chinook salmon in the ocean this year, along with 423,800 adults from the Klamath River fall run. Fish from these runs comprise the vast majority of salmon taken in California’s ocean and inland fisheries. These forecasts, which are...

By Steve Carson
|4 days ago

Fishing

BULLARDS BAR >> Pending world record spotted bass was caught Saturday. An 11.20-pounder was caught during a tournament. Record is pending being weighed on a certified scale and getting proper documentation. Spotted bass are being caught with Senkos in 15 feet of water. Emerald Cove Resort & Marina (530) 692-3200; levon 530.692.3203 SACRAMENTO RIVER (Chico to Los Molinos) >> Sturgeon bite is underway at Princeton. A few large stripers are in the vicinity. Ghost shrimp or...

By Tim Goode
Correspondent
|5 days ago

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Redding >> The Northern Section Masters Wrestling Championships aren’t short on storylines this year. First there is Chico High’s John Leal and Paradise’s Wyatt Wyckoff going for their fourth section titles, something two wrestlers have done in the history of section wrestling that dates back to 1958. This weekend, those two are decided favorites to double that number, but more on them in a separate story in Friday’s edition. The two-day...

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Chico State starting pitcher Luke Barker threw a complete-game three-hitter Friday, striking out a career-high 11, to lead the Wildcats to a 5-1 win in their series opener at Cal State Stanislaus. That earned him California Collegiate Athletic Association Pitcher of the Week honors. Barker faced three hitters over the minimum. The 2014 All-American first-team closer and national saves leader retired the first 11 hitters he faced before surrendering a two-out double to...